Introducing the iPad 2: The newest iteration of Apple's tablet is lighter, thinner, and-surprise-it also comes in white

While this year's CeBIT tradeshow didn't deliver many products that enterprise IT managers will be able to bring into their data centres, a handful of products were showcased that would attract the attention of any tech head. Here's a look at five killer products showcased at the annual German event that we'd like to get our hands on.

Who is the current face of IT? Over the last few years, hockey fans have debated between Sidney Crosby and Alexander Ovechkin as the current face of NHL. In the tech world, many of us have that same debate, only with a bigger pool of candidates. Find out who has a case to be the poster boy of IT.

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Tech geeks love to know everything about their gadgets, from the material used to construct the casing to the size of the hard drive, processor speed and beyond. In that vein, we at CIO.com have already "torn down", a la iFixit, some of technology's hottest head-honchos, including Steve Jobs, Steve Ballmer, Larry Ellison and Mark Zuckerberg. The following slideshow is dedicated to breaking down Research in Motion Ltd. president and co-CEO Mike Lazaridis and his partner in cRIMe, co-CEO Jim Balsillie. And we're not pulling any punches on these CEOs just because there are two of them.

I love BlackBerry applications. You might say I'm a bit of an app aficionado. I'm constantly combing the Web looking for the latest and greatest BlackBerry apps. And every few weeks or so, I share my findings on CIO.com. The BlackBerry apps featured in this latest round-up are all worth a download - and even better, they're all free. Keep moving for images, details and download links. (Note: All of the apps featured in this post were tested using a BlackBerry Torch 9800 running the BlackBerry 6 OS.)

This year's Consumer Electronics Show, which was attended by over 140,000 people, will go down in history as the event a gazillion tablets were officially unveiled. But while slate devices were the focal point for many companies, a lot of other cool stuff was shown off. Here are the top five stories from the Las Vegas show.

An annual survey of our readers -- IT professionals like you -- sheds light on the state of the Canadian technology job market. Have you taken the 2011 ComputerWorld Canada IT Job Market and Salary Survey yet?

The new year will bring plenty of products and strategic changes to some of the world's biggest technology companies. Here's a sample of what IT managers have to look forward to in the next 12 months.

Armonk, New York-based IBM Corp. issued its annual Next Five in Five, a list of five technology innovations that will impact the lives of enterprise workers in the next five years. Here's what you can expect will transpire in the next five years...

From its sudden rise to fame to its 26-year-old founder and CEO, who has endured more analysis and criticism in the last six years than many execs do in their whole professional careers. Here, we take a look at the components that make up Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg.

IT World Canada is working with the City of Toronto and the Greater Toronto Marketing Alliance to develop a plan that will grow the local cluster of high-tech companies. See the highlights from our kickoff event.

It's that time of year again: cold, ugly weather; holiday shopping amongst hordes of mad bargain hunters; travel; and -- have mercy -- family get-togethers. Thankfully, your BlackBerry smart phone can ease the pain What follows is a list of hand-selected BlackBerry applications, the majority of which are free, to help you stay sane and entertained this holiday season. (Note: All of the apps featured in this post were tested using a BlackBerry Bold 9700 running OS 5.0.)

Tech geeks love to know everything about a gadget, from the casing to the hard drive to processor. CIO.com is applying this technique to tech's head honchos, such as Larry Ellison and Steve Jobs. For this teardown slideshow, it's Microsoft Corp. CEO Steve Ballmer's turn.

A new Web browser called RockMelt has just launched its closed beta phase. The browser requires users to enter their Facebook account info before launching and is targeting users who want their social networking accounts more intertwined with their browsing software.

On Tuesday, Oct. 26, IT World Canada honoured the country's best and brightest in information technology at our first-ever IT Leadership Awards. We recognized leaders in nine categories.

Long before Apple's iPad and RIM's Playbook, a number of OEMs were offering tablets and slates that somehow failed to capture the public's imagination. A look back.

Revisiting some of the most popular Internet memes of the past decade.

Bell Canada Enterprises Inc. and Rogers Communications Inc. have been engaged in a fierce battle for customers in the telecommunications, Internet access and broadcast market. Here's a look back at the moves each company has made against one another.

LTE, or Long Term Evolution wireless, is a 4G standard that will let users transfer data at speeds approaching 100 Megabits per second over wireless cellular networks. Though there is a lot of talk about LTE right now, most of Canada's telecommunications carriers have upgraded to High Speed Packet Access (HSPA), which provides up to 7, 21 or even 42 Mbps depending on the mode. Find out where Canadian and American carriers such as Bell, Rogers, Telus, Clearwire and MetroPCS stand on LTE wireless.

20 years ago, security was relatively simple: do a virus-scan on your floppy disk before you insert it. Today, with everything from embedded systems to IP phones connected to one another, it's more complicated. Here are six security problems that should be on every CIO's radar screen.

IT World Canada's Top 5 technology news stories for the week of Sept. 6-10.

IDC says Cisco Systems Inc. has about 65 per cent of the Ethernet switch and router market, and made a profit of $7 billion last year, and that probably wouldn't happen if they were amateurs. So if you're a Cisco shop, it's quite possible you're getting your money's worth and have no reason to change vendors. But they are not the only game in town.

The Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission and its federal political masters have had a busy year. The ruling Conservatives have decided to increase the allowable foreign ownership in facilities-based carriers and asked for public input. Cabinet ruled cellular wireless carrier Globalive Wireless Management Corp. was in fact controlled by Canadians and that incumbent telcos do not have to sell Ethernet to competitors at regulated rates. The CRTC issued rules for traffic management, wholesale Internet service, wireless data and new media broadcasters. Here's a summary of seven key rulings.

New technologies emerge all the time, but only a handful change everything that follows in their wake. And they're not always the first of their kind. For example, Gottlieb Daimler may have invented the prototype gas engine vehicle in 1885, but it wasn't a game changer. Henry Ford's 1912 Model T was the game changer because it made mass-produced cars affordable to ordinary Americans. And that in turn affected everything from where we live and work to the sustainability of our planet's natural resources. For good or ill, the following 12 technologies changed our lives -- and sometimes entire industries -- in ways both simple and profound.

Mark Hurd came to HP amid scandal and controversy, and left five years later under a cloud of his own making. In between, he made some decisions that will profoundly shape the direction of one of the industry's biggest vendors.

With the launch of Research in Motion Ltd.'s new Torch handset, which combines touchscreen and QWERTY keyboard, and updated Blackberry 6 operating system, industry watchers are talking about another iPhone killer. And Microsoft Corp. says its Windows Phone 7 OS will start slaying Apple Inc.'s ubiquitous smart phone this October, though no hardware's been announced. While the jury's still out on those two developments, Apple's iconic handheld has stood up to more than one iPhone killer in its three-year history.

They were the slogans, taglines and other marketing bumpf that suppliers hoped would catch the imaginations of IT managers and CIOs. Instead, there was a whole lot of head-scratching. A completely subjective sampling, in no particular order.

Meet the CIOs. Our annual spring roundtable looked at vendor relationship management, innovation and leading through change. Highlights of the year's most important CIO conversation.

Over 2,000 people gathered in Stratford, Ont. for the Canada 3.0 forum, a two-day event where leaders in government, industry and academia discussed ways to improve Canada's digital economy. Based on discussions that took place, the co-chairs of each of the five tracks gathered three recommendations and presented them during the wrap-up. Here's what they said...

The year in wireless networks and mobility started with a bang at CES 2010 in Las Vegas and the pace has only accelerated, with Apple, Google, Microsoft, Research in Motion, Verizon and the rest one-upping each other seemingly every other day. Here's a recap of the year's top stories.

Social customer relationship management (CRM) includes social networks as part of an existing CRM strategy so organizations can maintain the customer relationship across the social Web. Here are the five M's of social CRM, according to research firm Altimeter Group.